Westerly Owners Association

I'm taking it easy and will let it dry a bit more till February as it doesn't really rain here before I start on it full on. But we have set us a small aim on getting the hull ready for the summer so lets see. It might be worthwhile to have a drip protector fitted to stop any water running on the h...

I reckon there are few who know more about Centaurs. I am refitting and Konsort which ended up as a shell without bulkheads. It is a slow job as i also own a 225 year old house which has taken priority over the last couple of years. I hope to resume work on Rhumlady in April. Good luck with her! I ...

The chalky white coating is 'feature' of Westerly hulls unfortunately. A good place to look for info is Google search for agentlemansyacht in which Roger Ball covers his Centaur rebuild. He had a lot of problems drying out the hull and put it down to these layers. Good luck with the job. It is a sh...

Hello Jolly Roger, Thank you for your reply. We already had it measured and the hull is completely dry except of the rudder, but I don't think it is possible to get the rudder to dry totally. The thru-hull fittings are still there and by looking at them I can see that about 7-9 mm are missing of whi...

Here are some images of the hulls state.

Hello , First of all, thank you all very much for the information in this forum. I've just bought a W33 Ketch with an over-enthusiastic sand-blasted hull and in bad shape. As I have just bought it and want to get it back in the water soon, I have to get some things clear about her structure. I have ...